Brazil: Minas Gerais

The state of Minas Gerais in the heart of Brazil’s cerrado biome offers wonderful birding and wildlife viewing. We’ll visit well-known protected areas such as Serra da Canastra National Park, Caraça Sanctuary, and Serra do Cipo where the birding will be amazing. We’ll have a great chance of seeing the extremely endangered Brazilian Merganser, the stunning Swallow-tailed Cotinga and Helmeted Manakin, the cute Cock-tailed Tyrant and Gray-backed Tachuri, and superb hummingbirds such as Hyacinth Visorbearer and Horned Sungem, among many others. In addition we can almost guarantee the charismatic Giant Anteater in the Serra da Canastra and Maned Wolf at a feeding station at Caraça.

Because we are visiting mostly open to semi-open habitats, the birding is very easy and memorable with a number of range restricted and cerrado specialties.

Note: In 2025 it’s possible to do this tour back to back with Brazil: The Northeast – Bahia the Beautiful.  There is a day between tours that isn’t included in the tour price.

In 2026 it’s possible to run this tour back to back with Brazil: The Southeast Atlantic Rainforest.